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Spotlight Events

There are lots of great Buffalo Niagara Partnership and Buffalo Niagara 360 networking and learning opportunities and events planned. Check out some of the details below and save the dates on your calendar! Events have been known to "sell out," so don't forget you have to become a member first  and then register!  You can also check out our Facebook page for pictures of our events!

Monday, September 20 ~ Medaille College's Business Leadership Series - Session 1
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Medaille College Amherst Campus

Why Should Anyone Be Led By You, or me?
What is leadership?
Management vs. Leadership
The Importance of the Leader-Follower Relationship
Why Don't We Have Many Leaders?
Why are organizations generally over managed and under led?

Presenter:  William Weeks  Clinical Associate Professor and Chair, Management and Leadership Program, Medaille College.  William Weeks teaches at the Amherst Campus, with interests in systems thinking, statistics, organizational behavior and change, and organizational leadership, and in the philosophy of C.I. Lewis. He began teaching at Medaille in 1997 as an adjunct instructor and accepted a full time faculty position as an assistant professor in January 2001. Weeks brings many years of quality management and statistical training experience and organizational leadership and development experience in the thirty years that he worked for the General Motors Powertrain Division.. He co-authored a corporate document on statistical capability analysis, which was used throughout the Powertrain Division of General Motors. While at Powertrain, Weeks had the opportunity to study, along with other Powertrain statistical personnel, under Dr. W. Edwards Deming and to eventually facilitate all Dr. Deming’s four day seminars. Weeks also has ten years of corporate training and consulting experience. He has provided training/consulting to the Bethlehem Steel 13” Bar Mill, Buffalo Specialty Products, O-Cel-O Sponge, Inc., Snyder Tank Corporation, Wilson Greatbatch, LTD, American Rubber Products Corporation, North American Carbide, and Sherwood Harsco Corporation, and recently consulted, pro bono, with Pure Oxygen on its strategic growth plan 

Tuesday, October 5 ~ Toastmasters Speech Contest
5:30pm - 7:30pm 
Buffalo Niagara Partnership 

BN360 Strategic Partner and local chapter Toastmasters President Caroline Szydlo is organizing a speech contest for current Toastmasters members and all are welcome to attend! Come learn about this great professional development organization and then join the contestants for networking at the Bijou Grill afterwards!

Friday, October 15 ~ BN360 Happy Hour
Stay tuned for more info on our next "happy hour with a purpose" where you can make new connections and do good at the same time!

Thursday, October 21 ~ Execs Connect
Location TBD

A new event for BN360! We're blending BN360's Execs Unplugged with the Partnership's Networking with a Twist series to bring you even more opportunity to network and learn from some of the top leaders in our business and non-profit communities! Stay tuned for more info.

Thursday, November 4 ~ 21st Annual ATHENA Award Ceremony 
11:30 AM TO 1:30 PM
Adam's Mark Hotel
120 Church Street, Buffalo, NY 14202

The ATHENA Award® honors an individual in our community who has attained and personifies the highest level of professional excellence, demonstrates support for the goals of women professionals, and provides significant and selfless assistance on their behalf.  This award is dedicated to promoting and honoring the valuable contributions being made to advance the status of women in the Buffalo Niagara region.
This awards ceremony will also honor a Young Professional ATHENA winner.  Nomination forms can found be here.

Monday, November 15 ~ Medaille College's Business Leadership Series - Session 2
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Medaille College Buffalo Campus

All BN360 members, guests, and Medaille College students are welcome to attend this series highlighting different business leadership topics. BN360 is very excited to provide our members with these professional development options. Stay tuned for more information!



                   

Register HERE!